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Am Not Coping

Am Not Coping

I am really not coping at the moment but this is entirely on ME!

This is a message for a few people on here @utopia @Former-Member @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member

that I asked could be passed on but it seems that only part of it has been and I understand from the responses that have made it through my emails that I have caused untold distress for some people. I was not going to return because of what I felt I put people through but I especially wanted @utopia and @Former-Member to know that they were not wrong at the time and I was going through a real crisis period. You both held me together for longer than I could myself until the point where my own self-destructive thoughts overwhelmed me.

The entire message that I sent to SANE is below:

I have just viewed the multitude of emails and messages sent from forum members and members of the SANE team – as well as the text and voice message left on my phone.

I have not been able to communicate with anyone since the other night as I have been recovering from what ended up being an unsuccessful attempt to end the pain.

At the time I was in a very distressed state and I did want to stop the pain and all I seemed to achieve is to cause others pain and worry and that is the last thing I wanted to do – I just wanted to end mine and say goodbye to everyone beforehand so my future absence was explained. I should have realised that the message I posted would have concerned some people but I really was not in any state to think about the repercussions for others.

I am so sorry I caused so much distress to others – that is something I will have to hopefully try and live with.

I don’t believe after the concern and anxiety I caused to so many that I will ever be able to return to the forum.

Can someone from the SANE team please explain all this to all those involved and pass on my gratitude for their compassion, concerns and kind words throughout the time I have been part of the ‘forum family’.

Thank you and sorry again for the difficult position I put everyone in.

Zoe7

I do not want any responses from any of you. I just wanted to let you know exactly what has happened and let you know how truly sorry I am for hurting people I have come to think of as friends and family, and who I really care about.

Your support, advice and compassion are what make you all the wonderful people you are.

@utopia and @Former-Member I am so sorry that the trust you placed in me has now been broken because of my actions. I also felt that we had a stronger connection, especially over the last week, and you both helped me in ways I cannot even describe or explain. I was not pulling away from you two - just wanted to pull away from myself. I couldn't cope with my own feelings and no-one or nothing was actually going to be able to stop me at the time. It's now just another failure to add to my list of failures. I really don't know what else to say to you both but to reiterate my heartfelt 'sorry'.

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Thanks @Zoe7, thanks for saying (thought you were angry with me), and I do understand, not the same, but to a degree at least. I'm so disfunctional I have put off buying birds and topcoat paint and stressed out at tge vet because I thought I had no money but just realised I have access to 250 all along, grr. Now I gotta motivate myself to actually shower and shop, but well, I just wanna stay in bed. Strange not having to watch doors and gates and where I put my feet re dog.- I'll get there. Had salmon on toast for brunch. Just watered garden and excited my gladioli bulbs are shooting up, yay. Op, plumber is here.

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Hello @Faith-and-Hope

I'm glad Mother Nature let you get in the coffee shop door and gave you a win for the day 🙂

I'm sorry you feel so bad that you need to let it out through tears, but glad you got the chance.

You still have me in awe every time I read your posts, with everything going on in your life, you see a Silver lining taking shape I hope it just keeps building until it turns into gold 🙂

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Thank you @Former-Member ..... 💕 ..... I had a very special mother who taught me a lot of wonderful things before we lost her early ...... and I am very grateful for that.

How are you going ?

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I'm going well today, Thank-you @Faith-and-Hope Your Mother must have been very special indeed, to have brought up such a wonderful Daughter like yourself

I took my dogs for a walk at a local auto-race track. I'd found it years ago, but back then it didn't have fences or buildings or anything much other than the dirt track. Now it has all of those things and the dirt of the track is so compacted it feels like cement! I did a little on-line snooping, and saw that it only has occasional Sunday races. Mine is a very small town, so that it has a track at all is quiet surprising! I must confess I'm pretty sure I broke the law, although there were no signs saying I couldn't enter, there were these lovely metal gates, held together but a rather thick chain, clasped by an extremely big padlock 😉 Those sort of places confuse me, all the money and effort put into them . . . and there're hardly ever used? It seems such a waste to me. There are quiet a few places like that around my little town, for such a small area we have 3 or 4 parks, one of them is designed for excercises - I have never seen anyone there; the equipment is not designed for children and I think you'd have to be pretty fit before you put yourself through an excercise routine . . . right beside the highway, where everyone driving past could watch you! 😄 My puppies had a wonderful time at the track, and I couldn't ask for a clearer path to walk along; they found a little dam amoungst all the man-made stuff - brilliant find, I'll remember that when it gets hot 🙂

Love to Faith and Hope

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Thank you for your kind words @Former-Member ..... 💕

Your race track escapades sound delightful ..... and yes ..... some time planning choices can absolutely leave you scratching your head .....

I have seen very public exercise equipment become a community gathering place overseas, where people who are obviously best friends are side by side on exercise bikes chatting away, and others are sitting and chatting while they wait their turn .... and people asking how equipment works and others explaining and demonstrating ..... but it's the sense of inherent community that makes it all so bubbly and not self-conscious ..... no sense of comparison or judgement.

In that case I think the Community came first, then the equipment ..... not the equipment and then expecting the community to flock to using it .... lol .....

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@Former-Member why would I be angry with you - I adore you Don't stress about the drawers - they will get done when they get done (probably best to wait until the weather is a bit nicer anyway - so there is your silver lining for putting them off )

@Former-Member I love seeing you pop in to visit us in TOR - brightens up the place just that little bit more when you are here You could always use the excuse (if someone came and told you that you weren't allowed to be there) that one of your dogs accidently ran in there and you were just fetching them

...and YES - we here know how very special our @Faith-and-Hope is - amazing, resilient, wise, compassionate and caring (I suspect she takes after her mother in every way too)

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Wow .... that's a lot to live up to ..... lol ..... but y'now I sorta feel like I'm living amongst kindred spirits here ..... I have found amazing, resilient, wise, compassionate and caring everywhere I have gone on the forums ..... if I r Flextime a little of that, I am honoured.

💜💕

Just a fly-by at the mo ..... stopping in to visit my big girl .....

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It isn't anything to live up to if you already do it Hon

Am I your big girl????????? @Faith-and-Hope

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Hahaha @Zoe7 .... I meant my D1 ..... have stopped by her place ..,,

💜💕

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hahaha I'm still laughing here @Faith-and-Hope - it would be a huge contradiction if I was your big girl anyway as I am soooooo not big at all LOL

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